poignancy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
    poignance.
    • a moment of extraordinary poignancy
  2. noun a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
    pathos.
    • the film captured all the pathos of their situation

WordNet

Poign"an*cy noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. Swift.

Webster 1913